The Mercury News: South Bay state senator proposes to bar resale of diesel-powered trains
San Jose state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced a bill to prevent state agencies selling decommissioned diesel trains for reuse after Caltrain authorized the sale of part of its diesel-powered fleet to Lima, Peru, last month.
Cortese, the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, introduced the bill on Monday. He critiqued the sale, saying that keeping the trains in use after Caltrain electrified most of its lines would put the same amount of carbon dioxide in the air, just in a different place.